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Page 1: List No.10 final pdf · 4) Aveni, Anthony. – STAIRWAYS TO THE STARS. Skywatching In Three Great Ancient Cultures. Wiley 1997 bds & dj, 230pp, a few discrete library markings but

Todd Pratum Antiquarian & Scholarly Books, Est.1981 263 Athol Avenue, No.8, Oakland CA 94606 510.835.1766 [email protected] www.Pratum.com

LIST TEN, 118 BOOK BARGAINS.

HARDCOVERS WITH DUST JACKETS IN FINE CONDITION,

ALL ARE OCTAVO (8VO) IN SIZE. a little bit for everybody, folklore, religion, philosophy, psychology, healing.

CHOICE BOOKS ON the Antikythera machine, megalithic monuments, heart symbolism, pre-Socratics, LSD, ghost stories, skulls, Freemasonry, Christian theology, dark ages, UFO’s, bells, Japanese pearl divers, tower building, Rasputin, Chuang Tzu, archaeoastronomy, death camp psychology, Greek myth, and Vallee’s forbidden science.

ALL ARE ORIGINAL EDITIONS, OCTAVO IN SIZE (8” – 10” TALL), HARDCOVER IN FINE TO MINT CONDITION, (the few books with defects are noted). All prices lower than Amazon for comparable copies.

These are the kinds of books I’ve always loved to read and sell, not expensive but compulsive reading for me and exciting to share. About half come from my collection, the rest from the hoarder’s library I bought last month. My last list was all books in quarto, here they are all oc tavo Call or email to order, easy. Returns guaranteed for any reason. Postage about $4.00 per order.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDERS GREAT AND SMALL 1) Andrews, G., & S. Vinkenoog, editors. – THE BOOK OF GRASS. An Anthology on Indian Hemp. Owen 1967 cloth & dj, 242pp, plates, major work, for some reason the UK edition omitted the plates. Very scarce. $50.00

2) Arbman, Holger. – THE VIKINGS. Thames & Hudson 1965 cloth & dj, 212pp, many fine b&w plates. $12.00

3) Ashe, Geoffrey. – THE VIRGIN. Routledge & Kegan Paul 1976 bds & dj, 261pp, very scarce. $40.00

4) Aveni, Anthony. – STAIRWAYS TO THE STARS. Skywatching In Three Great Ancient Cultures. Wiley 1997 bds & dj, 230pp, a few discrete library markings but clearly never used. $9.00

5) Baker, Robin. – HUMAN NAVIGATION AND THE SIXTH SENSE. Simon & Schuster 1981 cloth & dj, 138pp, many scientific illustrations. $12.00

6) Baxandall, Michael. – EPISODES, A MEMORYBOOK. Lincoln 2010 bds & dj, 144pp, a few photos. Intro by Carlo Ginzburg. $16.00

7) Beard, Mary & John North, editors. – PAGAN PRIESTS. Religion and Power in the Ancient World. Cornell UP 1990 cloth & dj, 266pp. Straight history, no modernist crap. Much on divination. $80.00

8) Bobrick, Benson – THE FATED SKY. Simon & Schuster 2005, half cloth & bds, 369pp, plates. History of astrology by this noted professional historian. $20.00

9) Brandon, S. G. F. – RELIGION IN ANCIENT HISTORY. Studies in Ideas, Men and Events. Scribner’s 1969, cloth & dj, 412pp, b&w illustrations. Almost half on pre-Abrahamic religion. $11.00

10) Briggs, Lloyd Cabot. – TRIBES OF THE SAHARA. Harvard 1960 cloth & dj, 295pp, narrative account with 33 half page photos taken by this Harvard ethnologist. $26.00

11) Brown, Peter Lancaster. – MEGALITHS AND MASTERMINDS. Scribner’s 1979 cloth & dj, 246pp, lovely design of the text with all kinds of fascinating illustrations and plates. A world-wide survey. $10.00

12) Bull, Malcolm. – THE MIRROR OF THE GODS. Classical Mythology in Renaissance Art. Penguin 2005 bds & dj 464pp, b&w illustrations here and there. The author seems to go full circle from spiritual wisdom to post modernism back to traditional philosophy, full of new ways of looking at the old. $10.00

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13) Burkert, Walter. – CREATION OF THE SACRED. Tracks of Biology in Early Religions. Harvard 1996 cloth & dj, 255pp. $16.00

14) Cahen, Claude. – PRE-OTTOMAN TURKEY. A General Survey of the Material and Spiritual Culture and History c.1071-1330. Taplinger 1968, cloth & dj, many plates, 458pp, musty. Major survey, scarce. $40.00

15) Campion, Nicholas. – ASTROLOGY, HISTORY & APOCALYPSE. CPA 2000 boards & dj 179pp, cloth ed scarce. $60.00

16) Casson, Lionel. – LIBRARIES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD. Yale 2001 bds & dj, 177pp. A valuable summary of what we know now. $9.00

17) Cecil, Robert, editor. – THE KING’S SON. Readings in the Traditional Psychologies and Contemporary Thought on Man. Octagon 1980 bds & dj, 181pp. Khan’s peculiar “day book” of authors. Cheapest copy on Amazon is $403.00. $22.00

18) Chuang-tzu. – THE SEVEN INNER CHAPTERS AND OTHER WRITINGS. Allen & Unwin 1981 bds & dj, 293pp, v. scarce. $75.00

19) Croften, Ian. – BREWER’S CURIOUS TITLES. Cassell 2003 bds & dj, 548pp, essential for those fascinated by Brewer. $8.00

20) Crowley, Roger. – 1453, THE HOLY WAR FOR CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE CLASH OF ISLAM AND THE WEST. Hyperion 2005 bds & dj, 304pp, a few plates. A narrative chronicle, author lived in Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). $8.00

21) Dames, Michael. – MERLIN AND WALES, A MAGICIANS’ LANDSCAPE. Thames & Hudson 2002 bds & dj, 192pp, plenty of plates and text figures but balanced by an equal amount of text relating the author’s personal explorations. $14.00

22) Doniger, Wendy. – THE IMPLIED SPIDER. Politics and

Theology in Myth. Columbia UP 1998 cloth & dj, 200pp. $8.00

23) Duerr, Hans Peter. – DREAMTIME. Concerning the Boundary Between Wilderness and Civilization. Blackwell 1985 bds & dj, 462pp, a few dozen text figures. Surprising work with chapters on Don Juan, wolves, werewolves, witches, and vagina symbolism. $22.00

24) Eisler, Riane. – THE CHALICE AND THE BLADE. Harper 1987 bds & dj, 261pp. $8.00

25) Erickson, Robert A. – THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART 1600-1750. Univ of Penn Pr 1997 cloth & dj, 273pp,. The heart as conceived of during this period, text thankfully free of modernist blather. $14.00

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26) Ertan, Deniz. – DANE RUDHYAR, HIS MUSIC, THOUGHT AND ART. Univ of Rochester 2009, cloth & dj, 275p, plates, lauded on the jacket by J. Godwin. $10.00

27) Evans, Hillary and Dennis Stacy. – UFO’S 1947-1997. Brown Publ 1997 bds & dj, 272pp, remarkable selection of illustrations, a favorite. Evans is one of the truly great Forteans. $18.00

28) Evola, Julius. – RIDE THE TIGER. Inner Traditions 2003 bds & dj, 242pp. Now that some Trumpists have adopted Evola his star is again falling. $14.00

29) Feuerstein, Georg. – HOLY MADNESS. The Shock Tactics and Radical Teachings of Crazy-Wise Adepts, Holy Fools, and Rascal Gurus. Paragon 1991 bds & dj 296pp. One of the few with a balanced approach to this complicated phenomena. $25.00

30) Frankl, Viktor. – THE DOCTOR AND THE SOUL. Knopf 1966 cloth & dj, 289pp, one corner a bit bumped, jacket with some mild edge-wear. $18.00

31) Freeman, Kathleen. – ANCILLA TO THE PRE- SOCRATIC PHILOSO- PHERS. Harvard 1966 cloth & dj 162pp. Essential collection of pre-Socratic writings. $12.00

32) Fromm, Erich. – THE FORGOTTEN LANGUAGE. Rinehart 1951 bds & dj, 263pp, jacket has some edge-wear. $12.00

33) Furst, Jeffrey. – THE RETURN OF FRANCES WILLARD. Her Case for Reincarnation. Coward, McCann 1971 cloth & dj, 171pp, jacket edge-worn. Cayce related. $8.00

34) Gandhi, Rajmohan. – GANDHI. The Man, His People, and the Empire. UC Press 2008, half cloth & bds with dj, 738pp, a few photos. Author not related to M. Gandhi, massive biography. $12.00

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35) Goldsmith, Barbara. – OTHER POWERS. The Age Of Suffrage, Spiritualism and the Scandalous Victoria Woodhull. Knopf 1998 bds & dj, 531pp, text figures. $9.00

36) Gombrich, E. H. – A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. Yale 1985 cloth & dj, 284pp, sweetly illustrated with old woodcuts etc. $9.00

37) Gordon, D. J. – THE RENAISSANCE IMAGINATION, ESSAYS AND LECTURES. UC Press 1975 cloth & dj, 327pp, many text figures. $16.00

38) Graves, Robert. – THE GREEK MYTHS. Folio Society 1996 two volumes, cloth in slipcase, 700p, lovely production. $16.00

39) Green, Peter. – XERXES AT SALAMIS. Praeger 1970, cloth & dj, 325pp, a few plates and maps. Green is one our most esteemed classical historians, Bob Dylan apparently thought so when he used some of Green’s translations for his lyrics. $15.00

40) Grof, Stanislav. – LSD PSYCHOTHERAPY. Hunter House 1980 bds & dj, 352pp, many plates on glossy stock, some in color. $30.00

41) Gullen-Whur, Margaret. – WITHIN REASON, A LIFE OF SPINOZA. St. Martin’s 2000 bds & dj,

398pp a few plates. Some on his Kabbalah. $8.00

42) Hadingham, Evan. – SECRETS OF THE ICE AGE. The World of the Cave Artists. Walker 1979 bds & dj, 342pp, many text figures. Hadingham has no problem confronting the many mysteries of cave art. $10.00

43) Hantl, Otto. – URGLAUBE UND EXTERNSTEIN. Almut 1988 cloth & dj, 328pp, full slection of plates and text figures. Very interesting, like Richard Shaver. $28.00

44) Haynes, Alan. – SEX IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND. Sutton 1997 picture boards, 199pp, b&w plates. $10.00

45) Haywood, John. – ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE VIKING AGE. T & H 2000 bds & dj, 224pp, many b&w plates. $10.00

46) Hazlewood, Nick. – THE QUEENS SLAVE TRADER. John Hawkyns, Elizabeth I, and the Trafficking in Souls. HarperCollins, bds & dj, 416pp, a journalist’s account. $8.00

47) Hearn, Lafcadio. – KWAIDON. Japanese Ghost Stories. Fall River Press 2010, picture boards 205pp, modern color illustrations on every page. First published 1901. $12.00

48) Heinberg, Richard. – MEMORIES AND VISIONS OF PARADISE. Exploring the Universal Myth of a Lost

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Golden Age. Tarcher 1989, bds & dj, 282pp. Major work that was packaged to look like new age drivel. I took a few classes from Heinberg, a real genius. $10.00

49) Henschen, Folke. – THE HUMAN SKULL, A CULTURAL HISTORY. Praeger 1966 cloth & dj, 168pp, v. fine condition, superbly illustrated. Good copies are impossible to find, never reprinted. $90.00

50) Higginbotham, John. – CICERO ON MORAL OBLIGATION. Faber & Faber 1967, cloth & dj, 214pp. $12.00

51) Holiday, F. W. – THE DRAGON AND THE DISC. An Investigation into the Totally Fantastic. Norton 1973 cloth & dj, 247pp, plates. Love it. $24.00

52) Holland, Kevin Crossley. – THE FABER BOOK OF NORTHERN LEGENDS. Faber 1997 bds & dj, 236pp, a few b&w plates, sold with THE FABER BOOK OF NORTHERN FOLKTALES, same as the above, all re-told by this poet. $14.00

53) Hunter, Michael. – JOHN AUBREY AND THE REALM OF LEARNING. Science History Publ 1975 cloth & dj, 256pp, much on folklore,

magic, and his “discovery” of Stonehenge. $12.00

54) Irwin, Lee. – THE DREAM SEEKERS. Native American Visionary Traditions of the Great Plains. Univ of Ok Pr 1994 cloth & dj, 306pp. The foreword by Deloria is all the imprimatur I need. There is a glued pbk edition but these handsome cloth editions are very hard to come by. $55.00

55) Jackson, A. C. F. – ENGLISH MASONIC EXPOSURES 1760-1769. Lewis 1986 bds & dj, 241pp, a few diagrams, cheapest Amazon copy is $420.00. $60.00

56) Jacobs, Alan. – THE ESSENTIAL GNOSTIC GOSPELS. Including the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary. Watkins 2006, bds & dj, 324pp, most of the text is that of the Gospels themselves with little commentary. $10.00

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57) Jung, C. G. - C. G. JUNG SPEAKING, INTERVIEWS AND ENCOUNTERS. Wm McGuire editor. Bollingen 1977 cloth & dj, 489pp jacket bit rubbed. No time for his the ponderous tomes? Just read this, it’s all there if you ask me. The paperback edition is disposable junk. $24.00

58) Kaufman, Michael. – THE WOMAN IN JEWISH LAW AND TRADITION. Aronson 1993 cloth & dj, 326pp. $18.00

59) Knight, Christopher & Robert Lomas. – URIEL’S MACHINE. The Prehistoric Technology that Survived the Flood. Element 1999 bds & dj, 466pp, paper tanning. $40.00

60) Laeuchli, Samuel. – MITHRAISM IN OSTIA. Mystery Religion and Christianity in the Ancient Port of Rome. Northwestern UP 1967, gilt cloth, 116pp, many illustrations in b&w, fine book arts. $35.00

61) Lelong, Bernard & Jean-Luc Javal. – THE STARS WEEP. Hutchinson 1936 bds & dj, 198pp, many interesting photos on glossy stock. Story of the bizarre trip these two ethnographers took to visit the peoples of Peru. $16.00

62) Lewis, C. S. – THE JOYFUL CHRISTIAN. 127 Readings from C. S. Lewis. Macmillan 1977 cloth & dj 239pp. $12.00

63) Lewis, C. S. – THE TIMELESS WRITINGS OF C. S. LEWIS. Inspirational Press ND, bds & dj, 537pp. Bargain assemblage of three famous Christian works by Lewis, The Pilgrim’s Regress, Christian Reflections, God in the Dock. $8.00

64) Lindsay, Jack. – HELEN & TROY. Woman & Goddess. Rowman & Littlefield 1974 bds & dj, 448pp. $9.00

65) Lindsay, Jack. – WILLIAM MORRIS, HIS LIFE & WORK. Taplinger 1979 bds & dj, 432pp. $12.00

66) Llewellyn, Peter. – ROME IN THE DARK AGES. Praeger 1970 cloth & dj 324pp, much on religion of the “barbarians.” $14.00

67) Loyn, H. R. – THE VIKINGS IN BRITAIN. St Martin’s 1977 cloth & dj, 176pp, plates & maps. $9.00

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68) Maraini, Fosco. – ISLAND OF THE FISHERWOMEN. Harcourt 1962 cloth & dj, 95pp plus many plates in photogravure. These women are like aquatic goddesses. $90.00

69) Marchant, Jo. – DECODING THE HEAVENS. Da Capo 2009 bds & dj, 328pp, a few plates. I believe this is the most up-to-date account in book form of the mysterious Antikythera mechanism. $11.00

70) Maspero, Gaston C. C. – LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT AND ASSYRIA. Ungar 1971 (1892) cloth & dj, 376pp, text figures. $22.00

71) Meadows, A. J. – THE HIGH FIRMAMENT. A Survey of Astronomy

in English Literature. Leicester UP 1969 cloth & dj, 207pp, jacket edge-worn. $18.00

72) Menzies, Gavin. – 1421, THE YEAR CHINA DISCOVERED AMERICA. Morrow 2002 bds & dj 552pp, many interesting illustrations. $12.00

73) Merivale, Patricia. – PAN THE GOAT-GOD, HIS MYTH IN MODERN TIMES. Harvard 1969 cloth & dj 286pp, a few plates. The mythopoeic Pan. $50.00

74) Metraux, Alfred. – EASTER ISLAND. A Stone Age Civilization of the Pacific. Book Club Associates 1974 bds & dj, 252pp, nice b&w plates throughout. This book is common in trade but that does not mean it is common, a grandly told story of a truly mysterious land. $10.00

75) Michaud, Philippe-Alain. – ABY WARBURG AND THE IMAGE IN MOTION. Zone Books 2004 cloth & dj, 402pp, many b&w illustrations. $28.00

76) Midal, Fabrice. – CHOGYAM TRUNGPA, HIS LIFE AND VISION. Shambhala 2004 cloth & dj, 550pp, occasional illustrations. One of the most controversial masters of the 20th century. $16.00

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77) Morris, Ernest. – TINTINNABULA. Small Bells. Hale 1959 bds & dj, 175pp, nice glossy plates. Some info on folklore and the occult virtues of bells. $14.00

78) Nasr, S. H. – THE HEART OF ISLAM. Harper 2002 bds & dj, 338pp. Want some deep wisdom regarding Islam?, here is a small treasure-house. $10.00

79) Ng, Vivien W. – MADNESS IN LATE IMPERIAL CHINA. Univ of Ok Pr 1990 bds & dj, 204pp. Madness was an accepted phenomena till the 18th century when it was criminalized, why? $12.00

80) Nigg, Walter. – WARRIORS OF GOD. The Great Religious Orders and their Founders. Knopf 1972, cloth & dj, 353pp, a few plates. An uncommon work mainly on the foundings, and not bogged down in theology, rather fascinating. Begins with the Desert Fathers, through St. Benedict, Bernard, Francis, Dominic, Teresa and ends with Loyola. $9.00

81) Ovason, David. – THE HISTORY OF THE HOROSCOPE. Sutton 2005, cloth & dj, 298pp, many b&w illustrations. Covers the 16th-20th century, some good text on Dee. $20.00

82) Owen, A. R. G. – HYSTERIA, HYPNOSIS AND HEALING, THE

WORK OF J. M. CHARCOT. Garrett 1971 bds & dj, 252pp. From the press of renown psychic Eileen Garrett. $16.00

83) Pallis, Marco. – THE WAY AND THE MOUNTAIN. Owen 1961 cloth & dj, 216pp, many interesting plates, jacket has a small tear to the spine and is a bit chipped. $22.00

84) Picard, Liza. – RESTORATION LONDON. St. Martin’s 1998 bds & dj, 330pp, a few plates. The subject is a life-long passion of the author, which is the day-to-day life during this period, some discussions of magic and astrology, but the main value here is on what they ate and how they fucked etc. $8.00

85) Piggott, Stuart. – ANCIENT BRITONS AND THE ANTIQUARIAN IMAGINATION. Thames & Hudson 1989 bds & dj, 175pp, illustrated with old woodcuts and title pages. Rare sympathetic treatment of some of the most brilliant antiquarians, as only Piggott could muster. $12.00

86) Plummer, John, editor. – THE HOURS OF CATHERINE OF CLEVES. Brazillier 1966 cloth & dj, 353pp, gorgeous full color facsimile of the copy in the Pierpont Morgan Library. $12.00

87) Pocknee, C. E. – LITURGICAL VESTURE. Mowbray 1960 bds & dj, 57pp, sold with Pocknee – CROSS & CRUCIFIX, same as the above, both

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with many nice plates, very mildly ex-lib else fine. $24.00

88) Prabhavananda. – RELIGION IN PRACTICE. Allen & Unwin 1968 cloth & dj, 160pp, introduction by Christopher Isherwood. $16.00

89) Prince Youssoupoff. – RASPUTIN. His Malignant Influence and his Assassination. Cape 1934 (1927) cloth & dj, 256pp. $30.00

90) Raphals, Lisa. – KNOWING WORDS. Wisdom and Cunning in the Classical Traditions of Greece and China. Cornell UP 1993, cloth & dj, 273pp. $18.00

91) Reiser, Oliver L. – COSMIC HUMANISM. A Theory of the Eight-Dimensional Cosmos Based on Integrative Principals from Science, Religion, and Art. Schenkman 1966 cloth & dj, 576pp, scientific illustrations throughout. One of his best, links magic with physics among other feats. Beware the blurry 1975 “photo-reprint”. $80.00

92) Rilke, Rainer Maria. – POEMS 1906 TO 1926. New Directions 1957 cloth & dj, 402pp, book fine, dj chipped, uncommon cloth edition presenting poems from his most fecund period. $40.00

93) Rose, Louis. – FAITH HEALING. Gollancz 1968 bds & dj, 191pp, famous investigation by a secret insider. $22.00

94) Roux, Georges. – ANCIENT IRAQ. World 1964 cloth & dj, 431pp, a few plates. Assyriologist who lived there, covers every aspect, was a standard text for long and still in print. $18.00

95) Scharfstein, Ben-Ami. – THE MIND OF CHINA. Basic Books 1974 cloth & dj, 181pp, plates. Much on cosmology and philosophy by this historian of mysticism and spirituality. $16.00

96) Seligmann, Kurt. – MAGIC, SUPERNATURALISM AND RELIGION. Pantheon 1971 (1948), cloth & dj, 342pp, many b&w illustrations. $16.00

97) Shil-Ponde. – HINDU ASTROLOGY, JOYTISHA-SHASTRA. Willey Book Co 1944, cloth & dj, 333pp, charts, dj is rather chipped but the nice cloth binding is fine. $18.00

98) Simon, Linda. – GENUINE REALITY, A LIFE OF WILLIAM JAMES. Harcourt 1998 bds & dj, 467pp, illustrations. The best one-volume bio, thoroughly explores the spiritual side of this American philosopher-saint. $8.00

99) Sinclair, Andrew. – THE SWORD AND THE GRAIL. Of the Grail and the Templars and a True Discovery of America. Crown 1992 bds & dj, 245pp. I bought this just for the chapter on the Oak Island Enigma. $14.00

100) Smith, Homer. – MAN AND HIS GODS. Little, Brown 1952 cloth & dj, 501pp, short intro by Albert Einstein. $24.00

101) Stokes, Adrian. – GREEK CULTURE AND THE EGO. A Psycho-Analytic Survey of an Aspect of Greek Civilization and of Art. Tavistock

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1958 cloth & dj, 101pp, other books by Stokes in stock, please inquire. $14.00

102) Strong, John S. – THE LEGEND OF KING ASOKA. A Study and Translation of the Asokavadana. Motilal 2002 rpt of the 1989 ed, cloth & dj, 336pp, sold with Akira, Hirakawa. – A HISTORY OF INDIAN BUDDHISM, From Sakamuni to Early Mahayana. Motilal 2007 (rpt of 1993 ed), cloth & dj, 402pp. Two volumes from the Buddhist Tradition series. $14.00

103) Taylor, Gordon Rattray. – THE ANGEL MAKERS. A Study in the Origins of Historical Change 1750-1850. Dutton 1974 (1958) cloth & dj, 386pp. Authored one of my favorites, Sex in History. $22.00

104) Temple, Robert. – THE CRYSTAL SUN. Rediscovering a Lost Technology of the Ancient World. Century 2000 bds & dj, 558pp, plates, pages browning, intro by Arthur C. Clarke. $34.00

105) Tilburg, Jo Anne van. – AMONG THE STONE GIANTS. The Life of Katherine Routledge and her Remarkable Expedition to Easter Island. Scribner 2003 bds & dj, 351pp a few plates, jacket a bit wrinkled. $10.00

106) Toynbee, Arnold J. – A STUDY OF HISTORY. OUP 1965 (1947) two volumes, cloth & dj, 615+414pp, bit musty. Classic abridgement of the 18 volume set. One must not forget Toynbee’s mystical experiences in Greece and how they influenced his scholarship. $14.00

107) Vallee, Jacques. – FORBIDDEN SCIENCE, Volume Two: California

Hermetica, Journals 1970-1979. Published by the author 2016, (only a few copies) cloth & dj, 549pp, plates and diagrams, autographed. Beautifully written account, not a single dull page thanks to the prose and his adventurous and surprising life. $50.00

108) Versluis, Arthur. – THE NEW INQUISITIONS. OUP 2006 boards & dj, 190pp, autographed. $28.00

109) Villars, Marq de & Sheila Hirtle. – TIMBUKTU. The Sahara’s Fabled City of Gold. Walker 2007, boards & dj, 302pp, photos. Including he mysterious library of Timbuku, now mostly destroyed by Isis, (some texts hidden by librarians have survived, so far). $8.00

110) Walker, Benjamin. – ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ESOTERIC MAN. Routledge & Kegan Paul 1977 bds & dj, 343pp, a few tiny tears in dj. A rare book on a subject ignored by most esoteric peoples, the body, ah! $18.00

111) Warrag, Ibn, editor. – THE ORIGINS OF THE KORAN. Classic Essays on Islam’s Holy Book. Prometheus Books 1998, bds & dj, 411pp. Uncommonly factual work. $33.00

112) Wells, Peter S. – THE BARBARIANS SPEAK. Princeton UP 1999 cloth & dj, 335pp, a few text figures and maps. $24.00

113) Wilkinson, John. – THE BIBLE AND HEALING. Handsel Pr 1998 bds & dj, 350pp, equally explores the medical and theological, a major investigation. $40.00

114) Wilson, Colin and Rand Flem-Ath. THE ATLANTIS BLUEPRINT. Unlocking the Ancient Mysteries of a Long Lost Civilization. Delacorte 2000 bds & dj, incredible theories are proposed, a must for students of Atlantis. $12.00

115) Wilson, Colin. – ROGUE MESSIAHS. Tales of Self-Proclaimed Saviors. Hampton Roads Publ, 2000, bds & dj, 274pp, one of Wilson’s best later books. $16.00

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116) Wilson, D. M. – THE ANGLO-SAXONS. Praeger 1960 cloth & dj, 231pp, very handsomely illustrated. $11.00

117) Wu, Kuang-ming. – THE BUTTERFLY AS COMPANION. Meditations on the First Three Chapters of the Chuang Tzu. SUNY 1990 picture boards, 509pp. $32.00

118) Ziolkowski, Theodore. – THE VIEW FROM THE TOWER. Princeton UP 1998 cloth & dj, 196pp. On the towers Jung, Yeats, Jeffers, and Rilke built. $44.00

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